BIAFRAN GROUPS MERGE; NEW GOVERNMENT IN PLACE

The merging pro-Biafra groups said they would function as an
interim customary and legitimate organization, affirming that
they would not break any Nigerian laws.

Breaking Times reports that the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra
(IPOB), the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign
State of Biafra (MASSOB) as well as other pro-Biafra
movements merged under one umbrella body named the
Customary Government of the Indigenous People of Biafra
(CGIPB), a development which brought much jubilation to the
agitators.
Operations for the CGIPB were flagged off at a government
secretariat in Enugu state.
A press statement made it clear that the governing council of
the IPOB remains functional, with leaders as follows: HRM, the
Honourable Justice Eze Ozobu, OFR (Chairman); Dr Dozie
Ikedife, OON, JP (Deputy Chairman); Brig Gen Joe Achuzia,
(Secretary-General); HRM, Eze Iheanyi Nwokenna, OFG, JP
(Public Relations Officer), with other members of the council
still on duty.

The statement reads: ‘‘We are happy to announce that the
Customary Government of Indigenous People of Biafra has
commenced operations at the Government Secretariat located at
Enugu, in the interim”
“All the ministries are located within the complex but liaison offices
shall be opened in all parts of Biafra land, for easy coordination”.
‘‘The Supreme Council of Elders of Indigenous People of Biafra has
approved a 24-member National Executive Council (NEC) that will
run the government. The NEC will consist of the representatives
from all pro-Biafra groups and all the provinces in Biafra land so
that none will be excluded.”

’The junior staff officers of the CGIPB have commenced work at the
Secretariat but the Director of Administration and Principal Officers
of the Customary Government shall be announced to the public
soon.
‘’The Biafran Government has taken off under Customary Law
within the Nigerian Legal System. It is similar to the Sharia
Government in the North. We shall not break any Nigerian law. It is
a transitional government.
‘’Everything we do is legal. All the Indigenous People of Biafra are
therefore advised to submit themselves to the authority of the
Government of Indigenous People of Biafra headed by the supreme
council of elders,’’ the statement concluded.
It has previously been reported that the process of forming the
cabinet of Biafra is ongoing and will soon be announced.
The report by Biara Times also announced that there would be
a secret meeting with a UN committee on the arranging of
newly emerging Africa states.

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